Tag: news
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Operation Epic Fury… one month on.
There has to be an argument that encapsulates the ‘2026 Gulf War,’ whether it is an ideological approach or a continuation of the conflict in the Middle East that started in 1991, is a question that has vexed most analysts, historians and international lawyers trying to define the intellectual, political and legal parameters of Operation…
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reform The lower case argument.
I am not sure whether I should be writing this, but listening to Nigel Farage this afternoon made my blood boil. The more you say “the economy is broken” and the more you say that the British state needs reform is an ideology based on scant argument, few plans and disposing Britain to the variances…
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Its called “Sundowners”
Its called “sundowners” in America, I first learnt about sundowners from a personal account by Paul Krugman, he explained that sadly his father went through it and thinks Trump is in his final stages of sanity. In Britain we call it vascular dementia, (the symptoms fit) in the last few weeks of my fathers life…
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Witness of war….killed
The argument that you can assassinate a journalist without evidence, challenges all journalists in war zones. Israel is yet to provide evidence that Anas al-Sharif, a journalist for Al Jazeera was a Hamas mole. The idea that voices are being lost in this war is also an act that closes down independent voices from media…
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At first it was denials, then admittance – the excuses…. Is the Tony Blair foundation above criticism
The Neenah Cherry song 7 seconds, is about starvation, war, pestilence and disease. Bob Geldoff got onto the phone to his mates and pushed to save the millions dying in Ethiopia, but the originator of the war in the Middle East – Tony Blair took advice and argued that $9,000 would cut the population of…
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Epstein still haunts Trump from the grave…
Epstein Trump’s $10 billion law suit is all over the news. The Wall Street Journal, the bastion of business and one of Rupert Murdoch’s most prized possessions seems very certain that the birthday card Trump sent to Epstein is legitimate. The $10 billion legal case brought by Trump is a SLAPP,(strategic Lawsuit against public participation)…
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Will Serbia continue as a corrupt clientalist state?
European governments have not said much about the protests or protest movements in Serbia. It is odd that the protests didn’t hit the headlines and its odd that the continuation of the protests are not national arguments throughout Europe as the Serbian government has been using draconian measures to control the student demonstrations. The European…
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With soft power comes influence
It was very much a trick of the Conservatives in the UK to stop all spending whether the economy needed it or not. But Trump’s tactic or should I say Rubio’s is extraordinary, “Stop all Foreign Aid”. Of course they have the ultimate answer to stop voices being heard and that is to fire the person…
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Populism, US and Europe
This is the republication of an article that I think is necessary after the US election.
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Its all in the air now the US election is over
It is all in the air with the US elective electing Trump to the presidency. Countries in Europe, China and right across the Middle East are wondering what his presidency will bring. For Europe it is about trade, for China it is about tariffs and for the Middle East it is about stability, all arguments…
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